If you wanted something, and this is still true in France today, it doesn't do any good to go to the local notable, like you did in the eighteenth century and say, "hey,monsieur,the little guy, it would be great if we had a school."

如果你想要什么东西,这在今天的法国仍然是事实,去当地的贵族那里绝无收获,就像是你在十八世纪的时候说,"嘿,小子,如果我有一所学校就再好不过了"

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So you have to think, first of all, what you want the best for yourself, and in food , in other things, too.

你得考虑，首先，你自己最想要的是什么，在食物和其他方面。

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